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UEC installing new digital meters to area customers

HERMISTON — Umatilla Electric Cooperative customers will be getting new digital meters this month. UEC provides power to…

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Stanfield, Echo launch combined market

STANFIELD — The Echo & Stanfield Market are joining forces for a combined monthly market on the third…

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‘Year of the conference’: Wheat industry reps head overseas

Casey Chumrau estimates she’s traveled about 30% of her time since she joined the Washington Grain Commission as…

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Busy Bee day care operator calls it quits after 42 years

HERMISTON — Mary Shaver’s Hermiston home is much quieter these days following her recent retirement from operating Busy…

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Tyson renews motion to dismiss ‘Cody’s Beef’ lawsuit

RICHLAND, Wash. — Tyson Fresh Meats again moved Monday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Cody Easterday that…

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Layin’ It on the line: How does an insurance company invest your premiums?

Insurance companies don’t just store your premiums in a giant safe until they’re needed to pay claims. Instead,…

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Oregon Wheat Commission approves ‘substantial’ budget, looks to future

PORTLAND — Last year’s good crop provided the Oregon Wheat Commission with a “much more substantial source of…

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Life Flight to open base at Good Shepherd in Hermiston

HERMISTON — Area patients who need air ambulance service will have a much shorter wait time after Life…

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Heppner Chamber of Commerce appoints new direct of member services, events

HEPPNER — The Heppner Chamber of Commerce has appointed Madison Rosenbalm as the new director of member services…

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Job fair gives students insight into the working world

UMATILLA — Kaiden Blair had a different agenda from the rest of the people attending the May 24…

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